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It gives people an opportunity to negotiate for some kind of new operation, which might be as little as three years but could be a lot longer—it is a matter for discussion.
Further, since 2006-07, the number of days that have been lost through sickness in Scotland has dropped from 3.7 million to 2.2 million—that is a drop of 42 per cent, compared with a drop of 26 per cent in the UK. What is driving that?